Policy Statement
Any faculty who supervise and assess students must have a faculty appointment.
Requirements, Procedures and Guidelines
The faculty appointment process must be initiated prior to or at the time of a new site application. The process and criteria for appointment are determined by the sponsoring department.
Faculty instructors at WWAMI partner universities (Gonzaga University, University of Wyoming, University of Alaska Anchorage, Montana State University, and University of Idaho) who have a leadership role in the Foundations Phase for WWAMI medical students at their site are expected to have a University of Washington faculty appointment. Their primary faculty appointments are in their home departments, but they should also have affiliate faculty appointments in the appropriate department at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The process and criteria for affiliate appointments are determined by the sponsoring department. The Office of Academic, Rural and Regional Affairs provides oversight of the faculty appointment process for those involved in medical student education and is in charge of tracking faculty appointments for all regionally-based teaching faculty to ensure that faculty status is initiated or in place and is current.
Physicians who have a leadership role in student clinical education are expected to have affiliate faculty appointments in the appropriate department at the University of Washington School of Medicine or be appointed as University of Washington volunteer clinical faculty. Faculty with major teaching responsibility in clinical education are expected to have a University of Washington Faculty/Volunteer Clinical Faculty appointment as soon as possible after beginning their work with students. The process and criteria for affiliate and volunteer clinical faculty are determined by the sponsoring department.
While not all physicians who may interact with a student at a site are required to have a faculty appointment, the primary preceptor and any physicians who will evaluate a student will have a faculty appointment.
Effective: Current
Last updated: August 11, 2020
Policy Contact: UW School of Medicine, WWAMI Faculty Appointments Office, wwamiapt@uw.edu; Education Quality Improvement Office, eqi@uw.edu